Event Type: Meeting
Speaker: Josh Engel
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Time: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Frankfort Public Library
‍ ‍Meeting Room A

Address: 21119 S Pfeiffer Rd. Frankfort, Il (map)

Josh has been birding for over 30 years and leading birding tours professionally for over 20. Over that time he has seen a lot of birds and learned a lot about birds, birding, and birders. Through personal stories and photos, he will take you around the globe, using birds and places as reference points for lessons he has learned that are applicable in birding and in life.

Josh is the founder of Red Hill Birding, an international birding and wildlife tour company. He grew up birding in the suburbs of Chicago and knew from a young age that birding and travel would factor heavily in his future.

After graduation, he soon found a job guiding in Ecuador for a large international birding tour company, before moving to South Africa where he spent nearly four years as a full-time guide, leading trips throughout Southern Africa, Madagascar, Asia, and beyond. He has guided trips on four continents and conducted bird research around the world. Prior to starting Red Hill Birding, Josh was an ornithologist at The Field Museum.

Everyone is welcome to attend this program!